"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess

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Sunday, 5 August 2012

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The Battle of Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915, Album ContentsTopic: AAC-Photo Albums

Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

The Battle of Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915, Album Contents

Hill 60, Gallipoli, from the air in 1923.

Hill 60, a low rise on the north-western approaches to Hill 971, which on 21 and 27 August 1915 became the focus of several badly handled attacks which resulted in costly and confused fighting that marked the end of the last major offensive at Gallipoli. The operation was undertaken in an attempt to widen and strengthen the corridor of foreshore which connected newly landed British forces at Suvla Bay with the established beach-head at Anzac. While elements of the Suvla force concentrated on seizing a detached foothill of the range behind that beach-head known as the `W Hills', troops from the Anzac position were to capture Hill 60, a low rise on the north-western end of the foothills leading to Hill 971 - thereby effectively enabling the two forces to link up.

This album comprises maps and photographs extracted from the various sources. Most maps are posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each item should be read in conjunction with the specific War Diaries which are available here:

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album ContentsTopic: AAC-Photo Albums

Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album Contents

Gueudecourt, 1915.

Gueudecourt, a village on the Somme battlefield in northern France, became the scene of two attacks by Australian troops in November 1916 which were made amid conditions rated as the most difficult ever faced by the AIF. The British offensive of this front in September-during which I Anzac Corps was resting in the Ypres sector after its losses at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm had advanced the line into a valley below the Bapaume heights. Here the onset of Autumn rains turned the ground into a quagmire, and attacks against the German lines by the British Fourth and Fifth Armies during October all failed totally with heavy losses.

This album comprises maps extracted from the various Unit War Diaries. Each map is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each item should be read in conjunction with the specific War Diaries which are available here:

During the Jordan Valley days of the Anzac Mounted Division in 1918, a daily report was issued by the Brigade to Regiments under its command to keep the men informed as to the happenings around them. The information was vital to keep the men alive and well.

This archive was discovered in private hands and has been generously donated to the Australian public for open use. The pages are only free for private study purposes and cannot be reproduced for commercial purposes.

This album comprises these reports. Each report page is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each dated document should be read in conjunction with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade War Diary for February 1918 which is available here:

During the Jordan Valley days of the Anzac Mounted Division in 1918, a daily report was issued to the Brigades under its command to keep the men informed as to the happenings around them. The information was vital to keep the men alive and well.

This archive was discovered in private hands and has been generously donated to the Australian public for open use. The pages are only free for private study purposes and cannot be reproduced for commercial purposes.

This album comprises these reports. Each report page is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each dated document should be read in conjunction with the Anzac Mounted Division War Diary for February 1918 which is available here:

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